Ruling on eating foods prepared for Neyruz feast after it
Question: We know that it is not permissible to celebrate what is called Neyruz (Iranian new year holiday), as it is one of the feasts...
Ruling on decorating the Masjid minaret with Christian decoration
Question: First: Last year, people placed the word “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is the Greatest) on the minaret of the Islamic Center in Ramadan after Christmas...
Ruling on congratulating others in the new Gregorian or Hijri years or the Mawlid
Question: Is it permissible to congratulate non-Muslims on the occasion of the new Gregorian year, the new Hijri (lunar) year, and the Mawlid (the Prophet’s...
Ruling on students congratulating Hindu teachers on their feasts
Question: All our teachers are Hindu and many of their festivals and religious ceremonies come up on which all the students greet and congratulate them....
Ruling on congratulating a Christian teacher or who commits acts of Shirk
Question: Most of our teachers are Mushriks (those who associate others with Allah in His Divinity or worship) or People of the Book either Jews...
Ruling on saying the Christians are better than Muslims in dealings
Question: It is common among us to say “Nowadays the Christians are better than Muslims in dealing with others.” Answer: It is not permissible to...
Ruling on celebrating holidays of Non-Muslims
Question: What is the ruling on Muslims who celebrate holidays of non-Muslims that Allah did not sanction, such as the Mother’s Day, Sham Al-Nasim and...
Ruling on Celebrating Christmas
Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim to join the Christians in their celebrations, such as Christmas that is held at the end of December?...
Ruling on attending the parties of a related unbeliever
Question: My inquiry is about the wedding of my brother-in-law who is a Magus. Should we travel with him to conclude his marriage contract with...
Ruling on attending festivities of Christians
Question: What is the legal ruling on entertaining some Christian clergymen on the occasion of the Argentinean national celebrations that are held in their churches...
Ruling on attending Buddhist ceremonies
Question: What is the ruling on Muslim’s taking part in the celebrations held by the Buddhists for their dead, such as: A. Attending cremations B....
Ruling on accept kafirs invitation
Question: These people deal with each other so kindly and friendly that they invite each other to their respective rooms to eat take-away meals, drinks,...
Ruling on loving and mingling with Kafirs
Question: The nature of work requires the intermingling between Muslim and non-Muslim workers. Sometimes we find Muslims and non-Muslims staying in the same room which...
Ruling on imitating Jews and Christians in their weekends
Question: What is the ruling on a school owner who appoints its weekends on both Saturdays and Sundays, and allows studying on both Thursdays and...
Reward in the Hereafter for a disbeliever treating a Muslim kindly
Question: What is the ruling on a benevolent disbeliever who does good towards Muslims such as building a Masjid (mosque) for them and giving money...
Permissibility of the People of the Book's food
Question: Some of my Christian colleagues invite me for meals in their homes. Is it permissible to eat if the food served is Halal (lawful)?...
Obligations towards non-Muslim co-workers
Question: There are non-Muslims working with us in our company, who are Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians. What are our obligations to each other and how...
Take not as friends the people who incurred the Wrath of Allah
Question: What is the meaning of Allah’s Saying: “Take not as friends the people who incurred the Wrath of Allâh (i.e. the Jews).” [al-Mumtahanah: 13]...
Loyalty to Kafirs that takes one out of Islam
Question: What are the boundary lines of loyalties which when transgressed turn the doer into a Kafir (disbeliever), outside the pale of Islam? We hear...
Love for the Sake of Allah
Question: There is a brother in Islam whom I like very much, more than other brothers. Since having met him, I visit him more than...